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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEIcE.

STEPHEN P. TALLMAN, OF DUNELLEN, NElV JERSEY.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,208, datedSeptember 17, 1889.

Application filetl December 22, 1888. Serial No. 294,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

l3o it known that I, STEPHEN P. TALLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dunellen, Middlesex county, New Jersey, have inventedcertain Improvements in Stock Cars, of which the following is aspecification,

My invention relates to cars for transporting live stock, andparticularly to that class of such cars which have d umping-troughs andhay-racks; and the object of my invention is in part to provide the carwith fixed externally-projecting housings on its sides, in which thetroughs are mounted, whereby advantages are attained that will besetforth hereinafter, and in part to improve the mechanism whereby thetroughs are shifted.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter, and its novel featurescarefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is atransverse vertical section of a car provided with my improvements, theplane of the section being indicated Fig. 2 is a side elevation of apart of the car, illustrating the construction of the housings and themanner of mounting the troughs. A part of the housing is represented asbroken away in this view. Figs. 3 and 4 are detached fragmentary viewsillustrating the manner of mounting and operatin g the tilting sectionaltroughs. These views are drawn to a scale double that of Figs. 1 and 2.

A represents the floor of the car.

A is the roof, and A the slatted sides, of the car.

In constructing the sides of the car I form thereon fixed projectinghousings B B. These are open to the interior of the car, and may beslatted like the sides of the car below them. In these housings aremounted the tilting troughs O O, which stand entirely outside of thecar.

In order that the form and character of these housings B may be betterunderstood, I will explain how I prefer to construct them, premising,however, that the builder of the car may employ any mode of framing thatbest suits his convenience. At the proper height above the floor of thecar-say about thirty-three inches-a belt a is framed into the studs 1)b, and about thirty inches above this belt another upper belt or rail ais framed into the studs. The alternate studs are cut away, asrepresented in Fig. 2. On the outer faces of the continuous studs arebolted bracket-pieces c c, which extend out about seven and one-halfinches, and extend up from the top of belt a to the caves of the car,being preferably tapered or rounded at their upper ends, as clearlyrepresented in Fig. 1. Slats cl cl are secured to the outer edges ofthese brackets, being preferably set in flush therewith. These slatsform the outer wall of the housing B. Above or at the upper rail or belta is a roof plate or board e, which forms a bottom or floor for a haymowD, which is inclosed exteriorly by a tight boarding f, secured to thebracket-pieces o. A slatted or grid-like hay-rack g is hinged at or tothe belt a and forms an inclined front to the haymow when let down, asin Fig. 1. This rack and projecting mow are not new with me, and I donot claim them herein. I need only say that the rack is adapted to befolded up flat against the side of the car when not in use. The housingB is open at the bottom, and in it is hung the trough O, the inner edgeof which stands a little bit outside of the inner face of the side ofthe car. I prefer to employ a semi-cylindrical, sectional,pivotally-mounted trough, like that described and claimed in mypendingapplication,Serial No. 276,550, and that is the kind of trough Ihaveherein shown. I will briefly describe it with special reference to Figs.3 and 4. The trough is make in lengths or sections, and these areconnected by tubular sections 0 c, which form the pivotal journals onwhich the trough tilts,-and which allow the water to flow freely fromone section of the trough to those next adjacent. These journals findbearings at h in suitable castings or the like on the outer faces of thestuds 1?. The pivotal axis of the trough being below its center ofgravity, the trough, when righted and in use, is in unstableequilibrium, and should lean or rest at its inner side against a plateor strip 1', secured to the belt Ct and extending to or a little abovethe edge of the trough. WVhen it is desired to dump the trough in orderto empty it, it is tilted outward, making about a quarter-revolution onits pivotal axis. The water from the trough thus falls to the earthclear of the side of the car below, and avoids wetting and bespatterin gthe car.

I will now explain the advantages of providing the sides of the car withfixed housings to contain the exteriorly-mounted troughs. In the firstplace, it enables the trough to be placed wholly outside of the car, sothat it cannot be fouled by the cattle norbe in position to injure themby collision with it, and it allows the trough to be emptied withoutbespattering the side of the car, which latter is an importantconsideration, especially in freezing weather. The guard strip or platetis substantially flush with the inside of the car, and it protects boththe trough and the cattle from or against each other. The housing Bprovides ample head-room for the cattle, and the upper portion ofthehousing, which Ihave called the haymow D, provides ample room for hayexterior to the inner face of the side of the car. The car may beconveniently usedon the return trip, for example for transportingordinary freight, as there are no fixtures inside (as in ordinary cattleor stock cars) to interferein fact, the sides of the car are smooth orflush inside normally, and the car is thus adapted at alltimes toreceive freight.

In order to better adapt the car for carrying long freight, which cannotbe got in conveniently at the side doors, it may be provided with anupper window, as G, in its end, for use in loading lumber, and a lowerwindow H, for use in loading railroad-iron and the like. But these areonly conveniences, and may or may not be provided.

Asameans of tilting or dumping the troughs on both sides of the carsimultaneously,I employ a device operating on the same principle as thelever-shift described in my before-mentioned patent application, SerialNo. 276,550, but differing therefrom somewhat in its details ofconstruction. This device I will now describe, with especial referenceto Figs. 1 and 3. On the journal j of the trough, oron the troughitself, is secured an arm 70, which is coupled by a rod 1 to one arm ofa bellcrank lever or elbow-lever m, mounted on the ends of the car.There are two elbow-levers 9%, one coupled to each trough, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. The other arms of these elbow-levers are coupled to anoperating-lever I by rods n. One of said rods 01. is coupled to lever Iabove its fulcrum or pivot-point 0, and the other is coupled theretobelow said point 0. \Vhen lever I is thrown over to the right, thetroughs will be dumped simultan eously, and when thrown over to the leftthey will be righted. The lever I is mounted on the end of the car andprojects out through a slot in the roof.

The mow D is not essential to my invention, and the partition 6 and rackg may be omitted. One essential feature is the fixed projecting housing,built with and forming an integral part of the car-body, and serving toprotect the heads of the animals, and the troughs pivotally mounted insaid housings and adapted to tilt outward, said troughs being whollyoutside of the car.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A stock-car provided withprojecting housings B B at its opposite sides, with tilting troughs C O,mounted on the outer sides of the car within said housings, and alevershift for simultaneously dumping said troughs outward, saidlever-shift consisting of the cranks k 75 on the troughs, thebell-cranks m m, the operating-lever I, and the connectingrods Z Z n n,all arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

2. A stock-car provided with outwardlytilting troughs mounted on theopposite sides of the car, and with a lever-shift mounted on the innerface of the end of the car for shifting said troughs simultaneously,said levershift consisting of two bell-cranks m m, an operating-lever I,fulcrumed on the end of the car and projecting through the roof thereof,rods 11 n, coupling said lever on opposite sides of its fulcrum with therespective bell-cranks, and the rods Z Z, connecting the said bellcrankswith the respective troughs, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN P. TALLMAN.

Vitnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, J. D. CAPLINGER.

